Early-Career Award Interview Panel

This panel interviews candidates shortlisted for Wellcome Early-Career Awards.

Members are listed below. Additional experts will join the panel as necessary.

Members 

Professor Sandra Bucci (co-Chair)

University of Manchester

Professor Ewan Pearson (co-Chair)

University of Dundee

Professor Sarah Walmsley (co-Chair)

University of Edinburgh

Dr Ros Williams (co-Chair)

University of Sheffield

Dr Angela Woods (co-Chair)

Durham University

Professor Gordon Awandare

University of Ghana, Ghana

Dr Calum Bain

University of Edinburgh

Dr Alexandra Bamji

University of Leeds

Dr Anne Bertolotti

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Professor Susana Chuva de Sousa Lopes

Leiden University, Netherlands

Dr Atlanta Cook

University of Edinburgh

Professor Shaun Cowley

University of Leicester

Dr Thushan De Silva

University of Sheffield 

Professor Kirsten Donald

University of Cape Town, South Africca

Professor Susannah Dunachie

University of Oxford 

Dr Maren Engelhardt

Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Professor Rashida Ferrand

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Dr Emily Gwyer Findlay

University of Southampton 

Dr Diane Gray

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Clare Harding

University of Glasgow

Professor Sarah Hawkes

University College London

Dr Shane Herbert

University of Manchester

Professor Leanne Hodson

University of Oxford 

Dr Paul Huang

The Institute of Cancer Research

Dr Radhika Jain

University College London

Professor Clare Jolly

University College London

Dr Laura Kelly

University of Strathclyde

Dr Rebecca Lacey

University College London 

Dr Armin Lak

University of Oxford 

Dr Gareth Millward

University of Southern Denmark

Professor Gary Mirams

University of Nottingham 

Dr Binyam Mogessie

Yale University, US

Professor Catherine Molyneux

University of Oxford

Professor Kate Northstone

University of Bristol

Professor Le Van Tan

Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam

Dr Nicola Paine

University of Loughborough

Professor Rickie Patani

Francis Crick Institute 

Dr Elspeth (Beth) Payne

University College London

Dr Georgia Perona-Wright

University of Glasgow 

Professor Andrew Prendergast

Queen Mary University of London

Professor Henrik Salje

Cambridge University 

Professor Sally Sheldon

University of Bristol

Professor Dora Vargha

University of Exeter

Dr William Viney

Consultant

Professor Helen Weiss

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Professor Charles Wondji

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Dr Sukhvir Wright

Aston University 

Professor Eleftheria Zeggini

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Dr Elton Zeqiraj

University of Leeds

Managers 

Sharon James

Funding Manager

Wellcome Trust

Katherine McCurrie

Team Manager, Funding Management

Wellcome Trust

Anna Myat

Funding Manager

Wellcome Trust

Rachael Fowler

Funding Manager

Wellcome Trust

We expect members to comply with our Conflict of Interest Policy [PDF 137KB].